Chocolate Pumpkin Cake
This Chocolate Pumpkin Cake is packed with rich decadent flavor and a super fun presentation!
Servings: 9 servings
Calories: 1025kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 1½ cups (192g) all-purpose flour
- ⅔ cup (85g) unsweetened cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup (120g) buttermilk room temperature
- 1 cup (225g) canned pumpkin puree
- 1 cup (200g) brown sugar
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- ¾ cup butter, room temperature
- 4 large eggs, room temperature
Whipped Cream
- 1½ cups (357g) heavy cream
- 1 cup (225g) pumpkin puree
- 2-3 cups (384g) confectioners' sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon all-spice
Ganache
- 12 ounces bag milk chocolate chips
- 6 ounces heavy cream
- chocolate jimmies for garnish, optional
Instructions
Cake
- Heat oven to 350°F. Prepare two 8x8-inch square baking pans with butter & flour or GOOP or non-stick spray.
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set Aside.
- In a small bowl combine buttermilk and pumpkin. Whisk together until incorporated.
- In a mixer, beat the butter, sugars, and vanilla together until light and fluffy. Add in eggs, one at a time, until fully incorporated.
- Alternatively add the flour mixture and buttermilk mixture to the sugar mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
- Mix for 1 minute on low until fully combined. Divide batter evenly between two prepared baking pans.
- Bake for 18-26 minutes. The cake is done when an inserted toothpick comes out mostly clean.
Whipped Cream
- Add heavy cream to a stand mixer and whip on med to medium-high speed until soft peaks. (usually about 2-3 minutes)
- While the cream is mixing place pumpkin puree, cinnamon, and all-spice in a bowl. Stir until combined.
- Once the cream is at soft peak stage, add confectioners' sugar in 1 cup at a time. After one cup, turn off mixer. Gently fold in pumpkin puree mixture to cream. If the consistency is not firm enough, add more confectioners' sugar, about a ¼ cup at a time until you reach desired consistency.
Ganache
- Bring heavy cream to a boil and remove from heat.
- With chocolate chips in a heat safe bowl, pour cream over chips and slowly stir until all chips are melted.
Nutrition
Calories: 1025kcal